Almaden Minerals Ltd. (AAU) 2010 Exploration Program at Wholly Owned Elk Project Underway
Almaden Minerals Ltd. announced yesterday that the 2010 exploration program at the Company's wholly owned Elk project is now underway. Geologist Robert Alexander, P.Geo. will supervise the 2010 exploration program. He has more than 30 years of experience as an exploration geologist. In fact, a major portion of this experience relates to gold deposits globally with geologic similarities to the Elk deposit. The first $C1.5 MM stage of this year's work program at Elk will include further infill and step-out drilling within the resource area, and a preliminary economic evaluation on the deposit. It will also include exploration of several…